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TÝR Frontman Interviewed On 'The Governor's Ball'; Audio Available

Guitarist/vocalist Heri Joensen of Faroese Viking metallers TÝR was interviewed for this week's edition of "The Governor's Ball". You can download the program at this location. TÝR recently posted another new song, "Northern Gate", on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's new albu...

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BLACKGUARD Pulls Out Of European PAGANFEST Tour

Montreal-based sympho/black/folk/power metal act BLACKGUARD (formerly PROFUGUS MORTIS) has issued the following update: "It is with great regrets that we have to announce to all of you guys that BLACKGUARD pulled off Paganfest Europe that was taking place in September-October 2009 alongside KORPIKLA...

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Angel of Suffering

Now we're talking! Old-school-influenced death metal with a song-centric approach is the way of France's THE SEVEN GATES on "Angel of Suffering". Many death metal bands refer to their music as brutal, yet melodic, but how many of them release albums with song individuality and anything more than gui...

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Pro-Shot Footage Of METALLICA's Jams With THE SWORD, MACHINE HEAD From Cologne Available

Professionally filmed video footage (courtesy of Metallica.com) of METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich performing the song "Freya" with Austin, Texas' THE SWORD and METALLICA frontman James Hetfield joining MACHINE HEAD on stage to play "Aesthetics of Hate" on Sunday, May 17 at Lanxess Arena in Cologne, G...

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HEAVEN & HELL Confirmed For U.K.'s SONISPHERE Festival

HEAVEN & HELL, COHEED AND CAMBRIA, THE USED, THE ATARIS, FUCKED UP, PEPPER, ZEBRAHEAD and HUNDRED REASONS have been confirmed for the METALLICA-headlined inaugural Sonisphere festival, set to take place on August 1-2 at the legendary Knebworth Park, United Kingdom. The festival billing is shapin...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Performs With THE SWORD In Cologne; Video Available

Video footage of METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich performing the song "Freya" with Austin, Texas' THE SWORD last night (Sunday, May 17) at Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany can be viewed below. RollingStone.com recently asked Lars Ulrich to name his favorite album of 2008. "We're fortunate to have this...

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JOE HASSELVANDER Albums To Be Reissued

Ex-PENTAGRAM/DEATH ROW and current RAVEN drum ace, songwriter and metal legend Joe Hasselvander will see three of his greatest albums reissued on June 2 via Season Of Mist. First released in 2000, "Roadkill" is a total explosive bad boy, with the typical big mid 80s' "arena sound". The reissue inclu...

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THE SEVEN GATES: Entire Debut Album Available For Streaming

French death metal masters THE SEVEN GATES will release their debut album, "Angel of Suffering", in the United States on May 12 and in Europe on June 2 via Heavy Artillery Records. Mastered by renowned French engineer Jean-Pierre Bouquet, the CD delivers "10 tracks of old-school death metal with an...

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TÝR: Icelandic TV Performance Available

Iceland's Thorsteinn Kolbeinsson has submitted the following item to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "Last October I promoted a few shows with [Faroese Viking metallers] TÝR here in Iceland and as a part of their visit to Iceland they were offered to perform on the state TV station RUV. The show in question is th...

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SLIPKNOT Side Projects To Make U.K. Debut At SONISPHERE Festival

DIRTY LITTLE RABBITS (featuring SLIPKNOT's Shawn "Clown" Crahan),SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor and CANCER BATS are among the newly confirmed artists for the METALLICA-headlined inaugural Sonisphere festival, set to take place on August 1-2 at the legendary Knebworth Park, United Kingdom. The festi...

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METALLICA Gives Away Thousands Of Free T-Shirts At Stockholm Concert

METALLICA resumed their European tour earlier tonight (Monday, May 4) when they returned to Stockholm, Sweden to make up for the concert on March 8 which was cancelled after guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield was hospitalized with a stomach bug and dehydration (reportedly caused by eating "a bad oyst...

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TÝR Frontman Interviewed In New York City; Video Available

Metal Injection conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Heri Joensen of Viking metallers TÝR on March 29, 2009 at the New York City stop of the Pagan Knights tour (also featuring Scottish pirate metallers ALESTORM and German melodic folk/death metallers SUIDAKRA). Watch the chat below. TÝR re...

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FEEDER, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, SKINDRED Confirmed For U.K.'s SONISPHERE Festival

FEEDER, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, SKINDRED and FRANK TURNER have been confirmed for the METALLICA-headlined inaugural Sonisphere festival, set to take place on August 1-2 at the legendary Knebworth Park, United Kingdom. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: METALLICA LINKIN PARK AIRBOURNE ALICE I...

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TÝR: Another New Song Available For Streaming

Faroese Viking metallers TÝR have posted another new song, "Northern Gate", on their MySpace page. The track comes off the band's new album, "By the Light of the Northern Star", which is scheduled for release on May 29 in Europe via Napalm Records. A stream of the song "Hold the Heathen Hammer High"...

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Heavy Metal Killers

"Heavy metal is the law" is the phrase written on the jewel case inlay for new Earache compilation "Heavy Metal Killers" and it sums up aptly the high energy spirit and denim 'n leather unity characterized by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. The 13 tracks on this album weren't recorded by old ge...